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Bad Science in the Press

Posted by Zonk on from the who-needs-perspective dept.

An anonymous reader writes " An editorial in The Guardian presents a good run down of what is wrong with science reporting today and tries to point out why this is. From the article: 'Why is science in the media so often pointless, simplistic, boring, or just plain wrong? Like a proper little Darwin, I've been collecting specimens, making careful observations, and now I'm ready to present my theory.'"

2 of 647 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Science is complex. by dtdns · · Score: 5, Funny

    BEDEVERE: And that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped.

    ARTHUR: This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheeps' bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.

  2. But I read... by curteck · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a scientific article stating that 73.3% of all scientific studies and statistics are wrong...